CEO di Binance accusato di frode dal Congresso brasiliano

• Un comitato del Congresso brasiliano ha raccomandato alle forze dell'ordine locali di indagare su Binance e il suo CEO.
• Afferma che l’exchange, il CEO Zhao e i suoi dirigenti locali sono coinvolti in schemi fraudolenti.
• La commissione del Congresso ha accusato l'azienda di operare senza una licenza sufficiente nella regione.
• The firm has “set up an opaque network of legal entities, all controlled directly or indirectly by Zhao,” it said.

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Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of the world’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume, Binance, is now a target of a Brazilian congressional committee that has recommended law enforcement actions against the executive and seeks to indict the billionaire entrepreneur over alleged fraudulent financial pyramid schemes in the South American country.

Una di 500 pagine rapporto è stato pubblicato dal comitato brasiliano il 10 ottobre, in cui il CEO di Binance, insieme ai dirigenti locali Daniel Mangabeira, Guilherme Haddad Nazar e Thiago Carvalho, sono stati accusati di pratiche di gestione fraudolente, operando senza sufficiente autorizzazione e offrendo negoziazione di titoli senza autorizzazione.

The committee led by deputy Ricardo Silva claimed that Binance, Zhao, and others “set up an opaque network of legal entities, all controlled directly or indirectly by Zhao, without defined business purposes and with no other purpose than evading compliance with the law.” The committee also suggested the indictment of 45 other people, citing “strong evidence” of their alleged participation in criminal schemes.

Silva noted that Binance’s operations in several jurisdictions are being investigated, and in Brazil, the authorities believe that the exchange is “surrounded by suspicion.” The Congressional committee asked the Federal Public Ministry to launch an investigation into the crypto exchange and its executives. The focus of the investigation would be on tax evasion, money laundering, and the financing of organized crime and terrorism.

The committee also targeted the crypto exchange’s sale of derivatives products, asking the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) to launch an investigation into these products. It believes that despite being told to cease offering derivatives to the country’s citizens, Binance continued to offer them, which constituted a “repeated violation” of market regulations.

È importante notare che i documenti di 500 pagine del comitato non sono vincolanti per le forze dell'ordine locali ma sono semplici suggerimenti. I regolatori regionali decideranno se avviare un’indagine o astenersi dal farlo. 

As reported earlier by Bitnation, Binance confirmed that it was helping Israel’s police freeze some crypto accounts legati al gruppo Hamas. Dal 2021 le autorità hanno sequestrato 190 conti collegati ad Hamas sulla principale borsa valori.

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